Aberdare Assembly Member at Remembrance Parade

Aberdare’s Assembly Member, Christine Chapman AM, pays her respect at the Aberdare Cenotaph memorial on the recent Remembrance Parade Sunday in Aberdare.

Photographs courtesy of John Rees Photography (Aberdare) – Full Set of Parade Photos Available to Buy

Cynon Valley AM visits Bryn Pica recycling site

“Bryn Pica site will be instrumental in meeting recycling and landfill targets” said Cynon Valley AM Christine Chapman today.

On a visit to the Bryn Pica recycling site near Llwydcoed, Cynon Valley AM Christine Chapman has said that such facilities will be the key to achieving challenging targets for how we dispose of our waste.

The Bryn Pica site has recently received Objective One Funding for a new £1.9m project to improve its recycling capability so that it is now able to process much more waste material for recovery and composting. This has given a considerable boost to the prospects of hitting the target of recycling and composting 25% of waste by 2007 in Rhondda Cynon Taff, before meeting an even stiffer task of 40% by 2010.

In addition to its new recycling capacity, Bryn Pica consists of a community recycling centre and a landfill waste disposal facility and which disposes of Rhondda Cynon Taff’s domestic refuse. Recycling targets set by the Welsh Assembly Government are the main mechanism by which Wales hopes to contribute to the UK’s requirement to reduce the amount of waste that is sent to landfill as a result of the European Union Landfill Directive.

Once fully commissioned, the recycling facility at Bryn Pica will have the capacity to process 30,000 tonnes of waste and the composting facility will have a capacity of 20,000 tonnes per annum.

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